Become a Volunteer Rape Crisis Hospital Advocate! Victims Assistance Services is a comprehensive organization that provides free, confidential advocacy, therapy, and assistance with compensation to victims of crime in Westchester County, NY. We are also the county’s Rape Crisis Program, meaning we staff a 24-hour crisis hotline available locally and through RAINN, and provide 24/7 response to [...]

A recent study released by The Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health/funded by the National Institute for Health  shows a direct link between poverty and mortality in the United States.  While, of course, we all know this is the case, you would be hard-pressed to find a medical journal or research institute that could provide [...]

There is a longstanding, firmly entrenched myth in our rape culture that perpetrators of rape, sexual assault, and domestic violence are sick, mentally ill, unwell, “out of control”, and/or crazy.  These notions exist in comfortable concomitance with programs and commentary that suggest that abusers need anger management classes in order to learn how to control [...]

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Here is a video I created in the hopes of sharing my voice against the assault of reproductive health care.  Please, if you are able to, share your stories too!

Love,

Chloe

Almost two years ago, Feministing posted about the arrest of Muzzammil Hussan, who was accused of stabbing (over 40 times) and beheading his wife after she applied for divorce.  I am not sure if this has become public knowledge again, but in late January Hussan went on trial for the crime; yesterday, he was convicted of [...]